[NMCycling] NM Bicycle Shops listed as essential businesses

[Mark Aasmundstad]

According to the League of American Bicyclists:

on March 28, the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency updated its guidance
<https://www.cisa.gov/publication/guidance-essential-critical-infrastructure-workforce>
on
the essential workforce to include:

   - "Employees supporting personal and commercial transportation services
   – including taxis, delivery services, vehicle rental services, *bicycle
   maintenance* and car-sharing services, and transportation network
   providers;" and
   - "*Employees who repair and maintain* vehicles, aircraft, rail
   equipment, marine vessels, *bicycles*, and the equipment and
   infrastructure that enables operations that encompass movement of cargo and
   passengers."

https://bikeleague.org/content/federal-guidance-says-bike-shops-essential-covid-coronavirus

I forwarded this on to Representative Rubio, who is liaising with the
Governor's Office, and CABQ.  The Bike League is offering a webinar on this
at 4:30pm E.T. Tuesday, March 31

Thank you,
Mark
Mark Aasmundstad
*Southwest Bike Initiative*
*Sustainable transportation planning, design and education*
P: 505-985-1169 | bikeinitiative.org
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.



On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 11:19 AM Terra Reed <terrareed19 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> Thanks for this email and I apologize for not getting back to you this
> weekend - I needed to log out a bit this weekend and get some relief from
> the level of screentime that has become the new normal. Despite the
> challenges of virtual communication, this introvert was perhaps a bit
> overwhelmed by an increased level of certain kinds of interaction.
>
> I don't believe that there is an organized coalition of bike shops in the
> area, although I am sure that there is some more informal communication
> among them. We could probably reach out to most of the shops that we know
> of/interact with in the ABQ area and get their perspective and share that
> with Rep. Rubio. Josh and Heather from Routes I believe have been doing
> quite a bit of advocacy and interaction with relevant decision makers as
> well, so they might be a good voice as well - I'm not sure what would be
> the most useful approach.
>
> Many of us have submitted our own personal comments and BikeABQ has a
> draft letter to send to the Governor - maybe we could reach out to
> different shops to "sign on" to that to show the general support? My sense
> from my own connections in the bike shop community is that there are mixed
> feelings about wanting to be open and serve our community, but also concern
> over safety for employees and customers. With that in mind, I think it is
> the right thing to support the inclusion of bike shops as essential
> services (and, as a corollary, biking as a legitimate and essential form of
> transportation within our transportation system), with certain restrictions
> and safety/cleaning requirements for those who chose to stay open. It
> sounds like the movement nationally is to move in this direction and I
> think that if/when the change is made in NM, we as advocates should help
> share information about how to support those businesses - both in terms of
> looking to them for service when it is needed and in terms of practicing
> the appropriate safety precautions to help them stay safe.
>
> *Terra L. Reed*
> terrareed19 at gmail.com | 505-235-6918
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 5:14 PM Mark Aasmundstad <bikeyogi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Bike Community,
>>
>> I am asking New Mexico's Governor to add Bicycle Shops as essential
>> businesses allowed to stay open during this health emergency.  There is a
>> form you can fill out and submit to tell our Governor Bicycle Shops are
>> essential.  Takes less than one minute.  https://p2a.co/KN3VqYX
>>
>> Also Las Cruces Representative Angelica Rubio would like to contact the
>> Governor's legal team on the bicycle community's behalf.  She was asking if
>> there is a bicycle shop collective or industry association that could speak
>> for all of our retailers and/or bicycle repair businesses statewide.  Does
>> anyone know if such an organization or representative exists?  If not we
>> can organize one if it is feasible, or individual shops could write in, or
>> we could organize by region. Representative Rubio thought it would be most
>> effective to make our case in a group.
>>
>> Most states have been successful getting bicycle repair shops listed as
>> essential businesses.  Let us know your ideas, or you can email me offlist
>> at bikeyogi at gmail.com
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Mark
>>
>> Mark Aasmundstad
>> *Southwest Bike Initiative*
>> *Sustainable transportation planning, design and education*
>> P: 505-985-1169 | bikeinitiative.org
>> Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.
>> [image: lci signature 2020_v1 LCI.jpg]
>>
>
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